Maintenance Tools

Several utility programs are included with Visual SourceSafe. These programs are largely used in maintaining a database, as described in Maintaining and Optimizing Visual SourceSafe in this Help system.

In This Section

• ANALYZE Utility
  Scans a Visual SourceSafe database for integrity, displays information and errors in a results window, and optionally fixes any errors.

• DDCONV Utility
  Converts a Visual SourceSafe database from an earlier format to the current format.

• DDUPD Utility
  Upgrades or downgrades a Visual SourceSafe database to a new format, which is applied upon initialization.

• MKSS Utility
  Creates an empty Visual SourceSafe database in an old format.

• SS Utility
  Implements Visual SourceSafe commands from the command line.

• SSARC Utility
  Allows you to archive files, projects, or old versions from a Visual SourceSafe database.

• SSEXP Utility
  Runs Visual SourceSafe Explorer from the command line for a specified database.

• SSRESTOR Utility
  Restores information from a previously created archive.

See Also

Other Resources

Maintaining and Optimizing Visual SourceSafe
Using the Visual SourceSafe Command Line